单词 | on the morrow |
释义 | > as lemmason (also †in) the morrow a. The following day; the day subsequent to any specified day; tomorrow, the day immediately following today. Frequently in adverbial phrases, esp. in on (also †in) the morrow: on the following day.In Middle English use occasionally without article when preceded by a preposition. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > on the following day morrowc1300 the morn1340 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > tomorrow > [noun] mornOE the morn dayOE tomornOE the morna1225 morrowc1300 tomorrowc1300 tomorrow dayc1384 morrow daya1393 c1300 Holy Cross (Laud) 37 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 2 (MED) Þene Morewe aftur Midewinter day, to deþe huy him brouȝte. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 42 In marewe men he sohte, at vnder mo he brohte. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds iv. 5 In the morwe [L. in crastinum]..the princes..and eldere men and scribes schulden be gederid in Jerusalem. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. vi. 148 (MED) Ac ancres and heremytes, þat eten but at nones, And namore er morwe, myne almesse shul þei haue. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 24 (MED) Whanne heuen is rody in the euentid, a cleer dai schal be the morewe. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 146 (MED) Þei ȝeden home..And comen aȝein on þe morwe in fere. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. ix. 6 Tomorow shal the Lorde do this vpon earth. And the Lorde dyd the same on the morow. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. vi. 34 Care not then for the morow, for the morow shall care for it self. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. iii. sig. C But by ye morrow at this time, we shal learn how the matter goeth. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus iv. sig. I3v True, and to day, one of Seianus Friends Honor'd by speciall writ; and on the morrow Another punish'd. View more context for this quotation 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 7 in Sylua Syluarum The Morrow after our three dayes were past, ther came to us a new Man. 1712 M. Henry Daily Communion God in Wks. (1855) I. 242/1 Taking thought for the morrow is the great hinderance of our peace in the night. 1755 B. Franklin Parable against Persecution in Writings (1987) 421 Abraham..sought diligently for the Man, and found him,..when he had entreated him kindly, he sent him away on the Morrow with Gifts. 1791 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 598 And blythely awaukens the morrow. 1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos ii. xxvii. 708 There late was laid a marble stone, Eve saw it placed—the Morrow gone! 1847 R. W. Emerson Ess. (new ed.) 1st Ser. xii. 315 The past restore, the day adorn, And make each morrow a new morn. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 12 With yourself it rests to have a month of morrows like to-day! 1901 B. T. Washington Up from Slavery xv. 261 I make it a rule to clear my desk every day,..of all correspondence and memoranda, so that on the morrow I can begin a new day of work. 1917 E. Wharton Summer xii. 185 She did not care what part her guardian played in the morrow's ceremonies. 1945 P. H. Abrahams Song of City 73 On the morrow the houseboy would be a good..houseboy! 1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton vii. 140 I..heard him say he would have that d—d Bailiff's blood for posset on the morrow. < as lemmas |
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